Game of the Month

Coach Christian v Saaketh (2026)

A game played between one of our coaches and our open play members! Here, we see White create tripled pawns and occupy light squares to lock Black’s bishop out of the game; later, Black’s king becomes confined to the e7, d6, d7 after White advances the kingside pawns.

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 b6 4. Bxa8 Nc6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Bb7 9. Qxd8 Kxd8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rd1+ Kc8 13. c5 bxc5 14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 Ke7 16. e4 Rd8 17. Ne2 Rxd1 18. Kxd1 Bb7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 a5 21. a4 Bc8 22. f5 Kd6 23. Kd2 Ke5 24. Ke3 Kd6 25. Kf4 h5 26. Rg1 h4 27. h3 Bxf5 28. Kxf5 Ke7 29. Rg8 Kd6 30. Ra8 Ke7 31. Rxa5 Kd7 32. Ra8 Ke7 33. a5 Kd7 34. a6 Kd6 35. a7 Kd7 36. Rf8 Kd6 37. a8=R Ke7 38. Rfe8+ Kd7 39. Rad8#